Fiddler's Green

Fiddler’s Green Is A German Band From Erlangen That Plays Independent Irish Speedfolk Formed In 1990. Their First Concert Under The Name Of Fiddler’s Green Was At The Newcomer-Festival In Erlangen In November 1990 Where The Band Came Second. The First Album Entitled "Fiddler’s Green" Was Released In 1992 And Was A Mixture Of Live And Studio Tracks And Of Traditional And Self-Written Songs. It Was Released On Their Own Label Deaf Shepherd Recordings. The Band Has Been Signed To A Major Label But Chose To Go Back To Being Independent. The Band Has Kept Up The Mix Of Traditional Irish Or Scottish Songs And Self-Written Tracks Though The Self-Written Tracks Have Progressively Become Less And Less Folky. The Band's Influences Are Wide And Varied But Obviously Heavily Influenced By Celtic Rock Bands Like The Pogues The Waterboys And Great Big Sea. Recent Albums Also See A Clear Influence From Gothic Rock Music. Having Enjoyed Growing Success In And Around Germany The Band Reached 1000 Played Concerts In 2004 The Only Band Member To Play Them All Is Bass Player Rainer Schulz Which Was Celebrated With A Concert At Castle Hoheneck. This Concert Was Filmed And Released On Two DVDs Celebrate! And Jubilate! The Concert Saw Participation From Former Band Members And Other Guest Musicians. Main Lyric And Music Writer Peter Pathos Has Left The Band In Summer 2006 And Was Replaced By Patrick 'Pat' Prziwara. A Live DVD Folk's Not Dead Was Released To Celebrate The Band's 20th Anniversary In 2010 Members Ralf 'Albi' Albers - Vocals Guitar Bouzouki
Tobi Heindl Tobias Anton Heindl - Violin Vocals Since 2000 Rainer Schulz - Bass Stefan Klug - Accordion Bodhrán Since 1991 Frank Jooss - Drums Percussion Since 2001 Patrick 'Pat' Prziwara - Guitar Vocals Since 2006 Former Members Dr. Robert Oppel 1990 - 1991 - Violin
Eric Obst 1990 - 1995 - Drums Wolfram Kellner 1995 - 2000 -Drums Tobias Rempe 1991 - 1995 - Violin
Tobias Schäfer 1995 - 2000 - Violin
Peter Pathos Peter Müller 1990 - 2006 - Guitar Whistle Mandola Discography Fiddler’s Green 1992 Black Sheep 1993 King Shepherd 1995 Make Up Your Mind 1996 On And On 1997 Spin Around 1998 Stagebox 1999 Live Another Sky 2000 Folk Raider 2002 Nu Folk 2003 Celebrate! 2005 Live Celebrate! DVD 2005 Live Jubilate! DVD 2005 Live Drive Me Mad! 2007 Sports Day At Killaloe 2009 Folk's Not Dead DVD 2010 Live Wall Of Folk 2011 Winners And Boozers 2013 read less